43 - BURLIUK (David Davidovich).

BURLIUK (David Davidovich). An exceptional collection of 16 booklets (including one duplicate) comprising virtually the entire New York output of David Burliuk, or Bourliouk (1882–1967)—a poet, painter, and agitator of Ukrainian origin, the “father of Russian Futurism”—published between 1926 and 1932 under the imprint of his wife Marussia (or Marie), at the crossroads of the avant-garde, exile, and the Soviet proletariat. Includes: 1 - Burliuk. The Ascent of Mount Fuji. [New York]: Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publications, [1926]. — In-4, stapled. An account of the ascent of Mount Fuji, the centerpiece of the Burliuk couple’s Japanese series. Edges of the covers worn. 2 - Бурлюк [Burliuk]. Across the Pacific Ocean. From the Life of Contemporary Japan. [New York]: Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publications, [1927]. — In-4, stapled. A collection of stories and sketches from Burliuk’s two years in Japan (1920–1922, between Vladivostok and New York). Tears with missing sections on the cover. 3 - Burliuk. A Tale of the Sea. New York: Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publishing House, 1927. — In-4, stapled. 4 - Burliuk. Oshima: Color Engraving. (Japanese Decameron). (1921, Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean). [Oshima: Color Engraving. (Japanese Decameron). (1921, Cook Islands, in the Pacific Ocean).] New York: Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publications [New York: Éditions Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk], 1927. — Folio, stapled. A collection of 26 short stories. 5 - Burliuk. The Tenth of October. New York: Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publications, 1928. — 8vo, stapled. Booklet written for the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution. First page cut off with a missing section. 6 - [COLLECTIVE]. Russian Artists in America: Materials on the History of Russian Art 1917–1928. Painting, Sculpture, Theater, Music, and the Applied Arts [Russian Artists in America. Materials on the History of Russian Art, 1917–1928. Painting, Sculpture, Theater, Music, and Applied Arts]. [New York], Maria Nikiforovna Burliuk Publishing House [Éditions Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk], 1928. — In-4, illustrated cardboard cover by the publisher. Collection compiled by Burliuk. Includes an autographed inscription by Burliuk? 7 - Burliuk. Short Stories. New York: Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publications, 1929. — In-4, paperback. A collection of short stories, the eighth volume in the Burliuk couple’s New York series. Water damage along the edges of the pages. 8 - Бурлюк [Burliuk]. Tolstoy. Gorky. Poems. [Tolstoy. Gorky. Poems]. [New York], Maria Nikiforovna Burliuk Publishing House [Éditions Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk], [1929]. —8vo, stapled. First edition of this collection of two poems by Burliuk: “The Great Gentle Bolshevik,” written on September 9, 1928, for the centennial of Tolstoy’s birth, and “Maxim Gorky ” (“Maxim Gorky”), a poem for Gorky’s 60th birthday. 9 - Burliuk. Roerich (Aspects of His Life and Work). (1918–1930) [Roerich (Aspects of His Life and Work), 1918–1930]. New York: Published by Maria Nikiforovna Burliuk, 1930. — In-4, stapled. A monograph by Burliuk on the Russian painter Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947). Sent by the author, accompanied by an original drawing. 10 - Burliuk. Entelechism: Theory. Criticism. Poems. Paintings. (1907–1930). On the 20th Anniversary of Futurism—the Art of the Proletariat, 1909–1930. [Entelechism: Theory. Criticism. Poems. Paintings. (1907–1930). On the 20th Anniversary of Futurism—the Art of the Proletariat, 1909–1930]. New York, Marie Nikiforovna Burliuk Publications, 1930. — Folio, paperback. A major theoretical manifesto from Burliuk’s American period. Includes an autographed dedication